I would like to take an opportunity to pay tribute to all the farmers, thank the farmers for their efforts over the years, and continue to work quietly all the way, although I don’t know if tomorrow is the same weather, I don’t know if there will be any harvest tomorrow. But along the way, I still clenched my teeth and contributed to the people’s three meals and increased income for the country.
It is not easy to cultivate farmers. Nowadays, young people are not willing to farm farmers, because farmers are not only suffering from hardships, but also suffer from losses. The price of agricultural products is not the same; fertilizers, pesticides, land rents, etc. The higher the land is, the more difficult it is to find; the serious shortage of labor leads to delays in harvesting. The big loss has always been that the farmers are neglected by the government. The farmers are looking for land themselves, no funds, no subsidies. Without technical support, tens of thousands of fruit farmers are relying on their own. Today, the establishment of the KOPBBS, a guild newborn born in the unanimous passage of the guild. The goal is to promote local fruit to every corner of Malaysia and to expand overseas markets with fruit farmers.
According to the Malaysian statistics report, in 2013 fruit exports amounted to 676 million, while fruit imports reached RM1.55 billion! It shows that we still rely heavily on imported fruit. If we increase our planting area and increase fruit production, we can at least have more than one billion foreign exchange losses. We call on all members to work with Selangor and the state government to make good use of the long-lost agricultural land and fully implement the plan of the Selangor Fruit Valley.
We are also planning to establish the Fruit Hub in Selangor in the future. This plan will become a national agricultural product collection center, taking advantage of the geographical and route advantages, facilitating the import and export of fruit and reducing transportation costs. The project covers an area of 30 acres and includes a product collection center, packaging, processing, and development of fruit downstream industrial and technical services. The investment amount is RM90 million, which will promote the fine fruits of our country to the whole world.
I hope that in the days to come, through the cooperatives, our fruit farmers’ lives can be guaranteed. Thank you!
Mr. Wong Yoong Bing
Chairman of KOPBBS
在此，我想借个机会，向所有的农民致敬，感谢农友多年来的努力，一路以来不停地默默耕耘，虽然不知道明天是否一样风调雨顺，也不知道明天到底有还有没有收成，但是一路走来，还是咬紧牙根地贡献于人民的三餐温饱，为国家增加收入。
耕农不容易，现在的年青人要耕农的意愿也不大，因为农友不只是要吃苦，还要吃得了亏面对农产品的价格浮动不一;肥料，农药，地租等种植成本越来越高;理想种植的土地也越来越难找;劳工严重缺乏导致收采的时间拖延，大大的亏本一直以来，果农都是政府忽略的一群，果农都是自己找土地，没有拨款，没有津贴，没有技术支援，整万名果农都是靠自己摸索出来的。今天隆雪果农合作社的成立，在公会理事一致的通过而产生的公会新生儿。目标在于把本地水果推广到马来西亚每个角落，和果农一起来开扩海外市场。
根据大马统计数字报告，2013年水果出口多达马币6.76亿，而水果入口达马币21.5亿！显示出我们还很依赖入口水果，如果提高我们提高种植面积，提高水果产量，我们至少可以剩下十多亿的外汇流失。我们呼唤所有会员，在雪兰莪和州政府配合，好好善用已荒废已久的农业土地，全面地落实雪兰莪水果谷的计划。
我们也在策划未来在雪兰莪建立热带水果产品中心（Fruit Hub）。这项计划要成为全国的农产品收集中心，借这里的地理和路线的优势，方便进出口水果以及减少运输成本。项目面积达30英亩，里面包括产品收集中心，包装，加工，开发水果下游工业和技术服务。投资额达马币9千万，将我国的优良果实，推广到全世界。
我希望将来的日子，透过合作社，我们的果农生活可以有保障。谢谢！
黄运新先生
合作社主席